STizus. 283 



Stizus magrettii, Handlirsch. — Black, with strong tints of blue 

 and purple, somewhat thickly pilose and moderately punctured. 

 Wings distinctly fuscous. Clypeus, labrum, front below the in- 

 sertion of the antennae, inner orbits, a spot on the tegulae, lateral 

 spots on the basal abdominal segment, a somewhat narrow fascia 

 on the 2nd and 4th, and lateral spots on the ventral segments 

 vellow. Antennae black, beneath ferruginous, scape beneath yellow. 

 Legs black, variegated with yellow. Length 11-13 mm. 



Hah. Oriental region. 



Stizus proxhmis, Handlirsch. — Very closely allied to the above ; 

 slighter ; clypeus black ; antennae beneath yellow ; 5th abdominal 

 segment in male with a fascia, in female with a spot on each side. 

 Length 9-10 mm. 



An Oriental species. 



Stizus pusillus, Handlirsch. — Allied to the above and resembling 

 it, but still slighter and smaller, the face below less vsade. Clypeus 

 in the J yellow, in the 5 marked with a large black spot. Body 

 more pubescent and the clypeus more densely pilose than in 

 S proa-imus. The 3rd segment with a small yellow spot in the 

 middle. Antennae black, paler beneath ; scape beneath yellow. 

 Length 7-8 mm. 



Bab. Andamans ; Malacca ; Java. 



Stizus semperi, Handlirsch. — Closely allied to and resembling the 

 preceding species. Form very slight ; black, moderately shining 

 blue, sparsely and finely pilose, and more minutely punctured than 

 in S. pusillus. Clypeus, except a large black spot in the middle, 

 the inner orbits, the margin of the pronotum, the tegulae. lateral 

 spots on the scutellum, a fascia on themetanotum, the non-incised 

 angles of the median segment, and complete fasciae on the lst-4th 

 abdominal segments yellow. Wings hyaline ; antennae black, yellow 

 beneath ; legs black, variegated with yellow. Length 9 mm. 



Hah. Oriental region. 



*514. Stizus melanoxanthus. 



Larra melanoxantha, Smith, Cat. iv, p. 346, (^ . 



Stizus melanoxantha, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) iii, 1890, 



p. 244. 

 Stizus melanoxanthus, Handl. Sitzungsh. Ahtd. Wiss. Wien, ci, 



1892, p. 171. 



" (S . Length 13 millim. — Yellow, the flagellum fulvous ; the 

 vertex black ; the apical joints of the antenna? fuscous above ; the 

 tips of the mandibles rufo-piceous. The mesothorax, the post- 

 scutellum, and two oblique lines on the metathorax uniting at its 

 apex black ; the wings hyaline, the marginal cell occupied by a 

 fuscous cloud. The extreme base of the abdomen black, the black 

 colouring produced in the middle into an angular spot which 

 extends down half the length of the segment; the apical margins 

 of the ] st and three following segments black, an angular black 

 spot in the middle of their base ; the apical segment ferruginous. 



" Hab. India (coll. W. W. Saunders)." 



